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Mills & Reeve LLP

FRANCIS HOUSE, 112 HILLS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1PH, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 01223 364422
Fax:
Fax 01223 355848
DX:
122891 CAMBRIDGE 4
Web:
www.mills-reeve.com
Email:

Anthony Mcgurk

Tel:
Work +44 1223 364422
Email:
Mills & Reeve LLP

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

A partner in the corporate practice, Anthony specialises in M&A, private equity and fundraising work, acting primarily for public companies, private and owner-managed businesses, and early stage/high-growth technology businesses. Transactions in recent years in which Anthony had led the relevant legal teams include the £80m acquisition of the Loch Fyne Restaurant Group by Greene King Plc, the £402m sale of kettle foods to diamond foods, the £85m sale of Gardman Limited to Barclays private equity, the management buy in of the Bezier Group, and the £70m sale of the Kiddicare Business to Mothercare. Anthony was granted in 2007 the corporate finance qualification by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in recognition of his substantial experience of dealing with corporate finance work.

Career

Trained and qualified with Eversheds (formerly Daynes Hills & Perks) 1987-89; became a partner in 1995; relocated to the Cambridge office of Eversheds in 1998; head of corporate in Eversheds Cambridge 2005-11; joined Mills & Reeve as a partner 2011.

Member

Institute of Chartered Accountants (corporate finance).

Education

Downside School; University of Hull (LLB (Hons), Law Society Finals (Hons) 1st Class).

Leisure

Memberships of MCC, the Gog Magog golf club, RFU (Twickenham Debenture holder), Cambridge Rugby club, Norwich City Football club.

Practice Areas

Corporate finance; M&A; Corporate and commercial

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